Female welder lights up male-dominated industry

One woman's nearly 30-year career has given the field a new image

Forty-six-year-old Huang Chunyan has one of the more unusual jobs among other women of her age in Lu'an, Anhui province - she is a senior welder at Brainware Chang'an Electronics.

Huang picked up her first welding torch nearly 30 years ago, but it was not an easy introduction. "Welding was such hard and dirty work," she said.